3 April 2006<br><br><br>David,<br>For a technically impaired person like me (even after looking through the spreadsheet) it is difficult to understand how a fossil fuel guzzling and polluting (during manufacture and productive life) car can offer a more favourable environmental impact than walking and cycling.
<br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">If you travel by bike, and plan on traveling more than 32,253 miles in your</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">life, then it pays to invest in a car for favorable environmental impact</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">reasons alone - even if you place no value on your time.</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"></div>
<br>Sujit<br><br>Sujit Patwardhan<br>Parisar/PTTF<br>Pune<br>India<br><br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daryl Oster</b> <<a href="mailto:et3@et3.com">et3@et3.com</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br>This attached spreadsheet illustrates why cars are gaining in market share
<br>in developing countries, they have far greater VALUE than muscle powered<br>transport, and contribute LESS environmental impact.<br><br>Even if you value your time at zero; if you walk and plan on traveling more<br>than 317 miles in your life (but less than 32,253 miles) it pays to invest
<br>in a bike for favorable environmental impact reasons alone.<br><br>If you walk, and plan on traveling more than 8755 miles in your life, then<br>it pays to invest in a car for favorable environmental impact reasons alone
<br>- even if you place no value on your time.<br><br>If you travel by bike, and plan on traveling more than 32,253 miles in your<br>life, then it pays to invest in a car for favorable environmental impact<br>reasons alone - even if you place no value on your time.
<br><br>If you place a $15/hour value on your time, then the bike takes only 91<br>miles to justify the impact of production vs walking, and the car only<br>2,361miles. The car compaired with a bike is justified for those who value
<br>their time more than $15/hour if they plan on more than 7275 miles of<br>travel.<br><br>NOTE -- this analysis ignores the added value obtained if the car is used to<br>transport it's full capacity of 5 persons -- the impact breakeven point vs
<br>walking or biking is MUCH faster if the car is used to it's full capacity.<br><br>I hope that some of the experts on this list can provide numbers so I may<br>include air, bus, and train on this chart, and see the comparisons to cars,
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